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Gratitude
Nesting “If you want to be surrounded by angels in your lifetime, then teach.” – Rolf Gates I wasn’t going to write a Thanksgiving post, especially after Kitch reminded me that tis the season when...
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Sankalpa
I always wonder what the world would be like if we all had the same intention, to focus more on love. I don’t know. It could be very awesome. – Britt Skrabanek Ever since I was in college, I have...
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Play
I am very excited to be participating in the series: 28 Days of Play, hosted by Rachel Cedar of YouPlus2Parenting. Rachel is asking the intriguing and maybe even uncomfortable question: Do you play...
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Procrastination
I haven’t banished procrastination forever by writing about it, but the prospect of a public shaming turns out to be an excellent spur to keep going. – Adam Green, April, 2014 Vogue, “Late or Never?”...
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Process
You can talk about writing all day, you can think about the book you want to write, imagine what the finished product will feel like in you hands, but until you actually sit down day after day and...
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Care – And Giveaway!
You too have come into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine – Mary Oliver, from “When I Am Among The Trees” The last few weeks were big ones in our house. Scott...
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Care (Again)
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. – Pema Chodron Thank you so much for all of your comments about what self-care means to you. I...
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Responsible
Forget saftey. Live where you fear to live. – Rumi We have a new crossing guard at school. The old one was very friendly but he was also ambivialent, and I was never quite sure whether it was OK to...
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Ice
Maybe what cold is, is the time we measure the love we have always had, secretly, for our own bones. – Mary Oliver The first snow flakes were half-hearted. I reminded myself I am so far below the...
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Spring
“Unlatch the door to the canary’s cage, indeed, rip the little door from its jamb.” – Billy Collins The evening is soft now. Dinner is over and I have come out to the back step to watch the bay and...
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